The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IVR in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IVR over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Rank 66 67 62
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs citing IVR 1 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% 0.608% 1.288%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.690% 2.510% 6.452%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £391
% change year-on-year
+1.97% -2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.96 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
145 239 217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 17.88% 24.21% 19.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 84 72
Average daily rate £350 £330 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 17 25
Average hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.20% -10.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.21 £10.53 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -13.20%
IVR
South East

IVR
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IVR across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Buckinghamshire IVR Jobs Demand Trend

IVR
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IVR across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire IVR Daily Rate Trend

IVR
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing IVR across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire IVR Hourly Rate Trend

IVR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IVR within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +1 1 - -
IVR
South East

IVR
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing IVR also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IVR.

1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (50.00%) ADSL
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) OpenView
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Genesys
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) e-Health
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (50.00%) F5

IVR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing IVR also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IVR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) XML
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) ADSL
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) Network Administrator
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (50.00%) e-Health
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) OpenView
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Avaya
1 1 (50.00%) Genesys
1 1 (50.00%) F5